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My GTD Set-Up Page

May 5th, 2008 · No Comments

I’ve added a page to this site describing my GTD set-up, in case anyone might find something useful there. You may find it using the “GTD” link in the menu, or by clicking here.

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Tags: Lifehacks · Tools of the Trade · GTD · Tech

GTD Tip: Finder’s Column View

February 29th, 2008 · No Comments

For the Mac users among you, here’s something I’ve been doing the last few months that you might find useful.
When you get to the following part of your weekly review (which you are doing, aren’t you?):

Review “Pending” and Support Files
Browse through all work-in-progress support material to trigger new actions, completions, and waiting-fors.

try using the column […]

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Tags: GTD · Mac OS X · Tech

Project Management, Priorities, and Office Hours

January 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

Recently, a friend emailed me to ask about GTD. He was tasked with a presentation on project management, and had heard of GTD from my writings and from others. I had good and bad news for him.
The good news is that GTD is an excellent system for keeping your tasks organized. The bad news […]

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Tags: Lifehacks · GTD

Label Your Power Bricks

January 16th, 2008 · No Comments

Once upon a time, AC/DC adapters were special — they were made for expensive devices and were clearly labeled as belonging to those devices. No more. Now, every device comes with an adapter, most of them are nothing special, and the adapters are hardly labeled at all. Furthermore, they have mysterious round plugs that (unless […]

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Tags: Lifehacks · GTD · Tech

PHPMyGTD “bug free” (ha!)

October 11th, 2007 · No Comments

My pet project is coming along well. Tonight I made a bunch of UI improvements, and eliminated every single bug from my to-fix list.
There are still some more UI things that really should be fixed (like chiding the user for incorrect date input rather than simply adding an item with no due date), but […]

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Tags: My Code · Tools of the Trade · GTD · Tech